Blackish worm shell
Thylacodes colubrinus
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly, September, and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Thylacodes colubrinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. This species was previously known as Serpulorbis colubrinus.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Thylacodes colubrinus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blackish worm shell, blackish worm shell
Names in 1 more languages
- German
- Schlangenartige Wurmschnecke, Schwarze Wurmschnecke
Other scientific names: Serpula colubrina, Serpula fuscata, Serpula ocrea, Serpulorbis colubrinus, Vermetus ater
Similar species
- Variable Worm Snail
Thylacodes variabilis
- Great worm shell
Ceraesignum maximum
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 45 open-data records from 1798 to 1984.
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